Originally Posted by
goalie
Which as we know, but apparently not this TSA genius, that {SIDA badge} gets an airline & airport employee thru the checkpoint but not around it
Don't know your frame of reference, but every US airport where I've taken the time to visualize the layout, a SIDA badge and PIN gets you through electronically locked but unguarded doors (ie around the checkpoint).
And many airports have an airport boundary employee entrance that lets employees through busloads at a time, ie way, way around the check-point.
See for instance the story of the ATL based gun toting FA, discovered at IND (?).
The script for security theatre wouldn't have it any other way.